Mercedes Benz ML430: From 0-60 problems and 60 days of service in 4 years.

My Mercedes Benz ML430 Year 2000 (50000 miles) has had more than 60 problems, and 60 days of service in less than 4 years.

I had to return the vehicle on 20 or more occasions to Autonation/Smythe European (the dealer) for warranty repairs. Currently Mercedes Benz has indicated that they will repurchase the car within 3-4 weeks.

Should I get a BMW X5?
Is it reliable?
Does it have a lot of small, medium or large problems?

weve had ours for 3 years. we havent had ONE SINGLE problem. just ruitine oil changes and filter changes. other than that we had a scratch buffed out and thats it. get the 4.4 though its a v8 and has 290 hp. plus it looks way better than the mercedes B)

Whoa! I thought the list is really impressive - from the perspective of keeping track of it!

I would still get the X5 4.4i. It is probably more reliable than the ML but I reckon it is no Lexus. Also, http://www.consumerreports.org/ have some interesting info.

Before you buy, you may want to check out the following list (updated 2004/3/30) - although not as long as yours - they are posts that highlight some of the issues ... list is divided into types of problems.